Green Fuel employee crushed to death by cane harvester

A 38-YEAR-OLD Green Fuel employee was crushed to death by a cane harvester last Friday after he allegedly took a nap in the sugarcane fields in Chisumbanje.

According to a leaked police memorandum, Lovemore Mthombeni was reported as missing on Friday only for his remains to be recovered from the cane harvester the next day.

“On the 13th day of July 2018 at around 1700hrs Lovemore Mthombeni commenced his shift G15A Block at Green Fuel sugarcane fields, Chisumbanje and his shift was supposed to end at 5am the following morning; he was working with cane harvester operator Warren Musiwaro,” the memo read.

This story is for NewsDay subscribers.